Ziege hopes for Euro 2004 chance

Tottenham Hotspur defender Christian Ziege still hopes to be in Germany's Euro 2004 squad despite a string of injury setbacks.

"My feeling is I can make it and I'll do everything for that," Ziege told German soccer magazine Kicker.

"(Germany coach) Rudi Voeller told me in March that the door was not closed," added the 32-year-old, who has not been included in the squad for a friendly against Romania next Wednesday in Bucharest.

Ziege, who has 71 caps, said he had fully recovered from a groin problem, the latest in a long list of injury worries.

The wing back damaged his knee in November in his comeback match for Spurs after 10 months out with a serious thigh injury that required surgery after it swelled to twice its normal size following a game at Charlton Athletic.

"After the 2002 World Cup final I had two operations and I could hardly play for 14 months," said Ziege. "During that time the only thing that kept me going was the hope of being at Euro 2004."

Voeller will name his squad for the finals starting on June 12 in Portugal at the end of May.